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Times-Advocate, 1988-05-18, Page 3216A Times -Advocate Ma 18 1988 WINNERS - Leroy Edwards presented the winners in the fire prevention contest sponsored by the Exeter firemen. with their awards. Exeter Public School winners were Melissa Brock and Geoff Hann (left) Usborne Central trophy winners were Kathryn Hern and Tim Parker (centre) and Somsack Phannavong and Linda Jacobe are students at Precious Blood. JAMBOREE - A fiddler's jamboree at the South Huron Recreation Centre drew crowds on Sunday afternoon to hear and dance to the many fiddlers' performances. Here the dancers enjoy a tune from Jim McCall's fiddle. Operetta at Stephen Central CREDIT_ ON - Tuesday, April 19 the grade 7 and 8's at Stephen put on an opercttt entitled "Going West." It was about a man who wcnt by the name of "Dude" who_ retired as teacher to go- West and grow up with the country. Our main cast was played by Rob Kramer, Justin Turnbull, Chad Wil- lernson, Stacey Rader, Tim Brand, Jenny Weigand, Jay Shcrvill, Dwayne Finkbcincr, Sarah Patter- son, Tim Hoffman, Karen McKay, Alex Russell. and David Morlock. The rest of the pcoplc were in other groups during the play such as Dia- mond Lil's Dancing Girls, Bart Slade's Bad Boys, and Indians. We had a very good turn out and we'd like to thank everyone who came. - Stacey Rader, Chris Schade. Basketball , Champs - Stephen Central girls basketball team came in first after playing five teams. This tournament was held at Exeter Public on Friday April 7. The ath- letes that participated in this tourna- ment wcrc Kristy Dobson, Karen McKay, Stacey Rader, Amy Swcit- zcr, Dody Swcitzer, Honey Willem:- sonoMolly McClure, Stacey Thur- man, Christine Schadc, Nina Pritchard, Liettc Clarke. Their coach was Mrs. Talbot. - Lictte Clarke. - Penny Carnival - On Wednes- day May 5, the -grade 8 class of Ste- phen Central School held a Penny Carnival to raise money for -their graduation. Ttiis penny carnival in- cluded the games which the students played a bake sale and a white ele- phant sale. The students paid 25 cents to play a game, such as bas- ketball shoot, putting games, bean- bag toss, darts, hockcy shoot and bowling. Depending on how many points each student scored, they wcrc given a coupon with a certain value to be redeemed at the bake or white elephant sale. After being redeemed, the coupon went in a draw for a family pizza which was donated by Grand Bend Pizza Delight. The winner was Ja- son Kramer. The grade 8 class found that small change adds up quickly as they raised $471.00. - Access Awareness Week . LONDON - In celebration of Canada's National Access Aware- nesS Week, there will be special events taking place in communities across Canada. Exctcr will have an Awareness Day June 3 at thc Le- gion from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. These Awareness Days are dc- • signed to -highlight accessibility within communities. Local digni- taries representing the media, town- ship councils and various adminis- tration levels will be participating in tasks while they also are simu- lating a specific disability. Their task will be undertaken in a similar fashion as would a person with a Granton by Mrs.. E. Summers GRANTON - The congregation of St. Thomas Anglican Church at- tended the induction service of the Celebration of the Ministry of Rev. Beverley Anne Wheeler in the par- ish of St. Pauls Anglican Church. Kirkton, on Sunday, May 15. The officiant the Venerable C.E. Ladds, Archdeacon of Penh. The Rev. Ian Graft, rector •of St. Georges Church, London was the speaker. At Granton United Church, Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the morning worship. The call to wor- ship was If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellow- ship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin - I John - 1 to 7. Douglas Brown told the children's story and preached the sermon "some thoughts on Commitment". Doug is a teaching master at Fan- shawe College. Bernadine Kop was the bulletin steward. Everyone is reminded of the Ga- rage Sale at Granton Lions Park on Monday May 23 sponsored by the United Church. Granton United Church Anniversary service will he held on Sunday May 29 with Don Langford as guest speaker. A choir from Sarnia will provide the music. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins visited with Mrs. Rata Hern, of Woodham, on Sunday evening. disability. Vcry often, those who participate personally learn about the barriers that disabled persons face every day. With this recognition, it is hoped that council members would ensure greater access when developing lo- cal initiatives. The Awareness Days will also provide an opportunity for county residents to learn about services available in their community. Infor- mation 'tables covering over 20 agencies and services providers will be set up from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The public is encouraged to review the material and talk to the representatives about their con- cerns. These events arc sponsorcd by a variety of agencies that work with/ for pcoplc who are -disabled. It is an excellent opportunity to discover what is available in Huron County. Karen McKay. Part of the Penny Carnival was the bake sale. Some of the items that wcrc for sale wcrc rice -crispy squares, popcorn, cook- ies, cupcakes, etc. The pcoplc selling the bake goods wcrc Kristy Dobson, Karcn McKay, Sarah Patterson, Shane Pfaff. Tra- cy Payne. Those who helped at the white elephant sale were Tim Brand, Ja- son Cook, Scott Eagleson and Dwayne Finkbeincr. Items being sold were books, comics, jewelry, toys, stuffed animals, household, make-up and other odds n' ends. By the end of the day practically every- thing had been sold. - Natasha Al- len. Author's Day - Students in Gradc 4-6 wrote, edited and pub- lished their own books for Au- thor's Day in Exeter on Wednes- day, April 27. Thcy were Kelly Hoffman, Ken Desjardine, Carla Taylor, Cathy Wagner, Lisa Ste- wardson, Danny Giclnk, Gabrielle Allen and Gail Brownlee. Gabrielle and Gail travelled to the County Authors Day in Clinton. Making books is a good experience for stu- dents. Authors Day was very suc- cessful at our school. - Molly McClure, Jennifer Weigand. Letters To the editor: On behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society I would Tike to thank the pcoplc of Exeter for their generous donations to the canvassers who called at their door. I would like to say a special "thank you" to the nine captains and forty canvassers who helped so willing in this ef- fort. - Our total to date is $6369.09 up S265 from last year. If anyone who was not called upon would care to give please send your donations to Peter Snell. We hope that each dol- lar will make someone's Iifc a little better. Helen Webber Co-ordinator for the Town of Exeter Board of Ed examinesb budget CLINTON "Estimating is at best an imperfect science, and as- sessment change arc going to make it even more difficult this year," said Bob Allan, Director of Educa- tion for the Huron County Board of Education , at a meeting where board members went over the pro- posed estimates for 1988. The county -wide reassessment may have thrown the estimator's figures off a bit this year, and Hu- ron County ratepayers should hope so. According to this year's esti- mates their taxes will rise almost 10 percent (9.67 percent) overall over .1987. The elementary based taxpayers with an average assess- ment of 83,110 will pay $301.83, up from the 1987 figure of $284.57. Those in the secondary panel fare no better, as the average assessment will be $224.70 com- pared to $203.39. The budget passed at a special meeting of the HCBE on April 25 set the 1988 budget at $47,369,519, compared to $44,474,660 in 1987, for a differ- ence of about six percent. The board will be going to Huron County municipalities for almost S15.5 million in 1988, compared to $14 million last year. $8.85 mil- lion of this is for elementary fund- ing, while $6.6 million is for sec- ondary schools. Mr. Allan, who presented the es- timates, said there was no attempt to build an optimistic picture, and the figures presented represent a worst case or maximum impact scenario. When it came to funding special projects the board had to "cut the suit to fit the cloth, " in one board member's words. And there was less cloth than needed this year. Special projects were dealt with separately in the 1988 budget, and while $788,100 was needed to implement all of the special projects recommended, the board was able to allocate only $450,000. Secondary school scicnce lab fa- cilities were the top priority and . most expensive of the special pro- jccts items. They wcrc originally slated to cost $160,000 but a cut of $30,000 was applied. The remain - ing $130,000 will be uses to ad• dress health, fire and safety matters and to commence a rebuilding pro- gram for science laboratory facili- ties in secondary schools. In re- viewing this item the board noted Bruce county has just competed a complete revamping of secondary school labs over the last five years at an average cost of $50,000 per facility. The Fax message system wa•' dropped from the budget as fundin was not available. At a cost o 87,000, Fax is a facsimile machin which enables a sender and a re ceiver to instantaneously transmi hard copy documents over norm• telephone lines. Desktop publishing will be fund ed to the tune of $10,000. Dcskto publishing allows computerize publishing of school and boar newsletters, information brochure public relations booklets, and ci riculum support materials. The materials are at a quality scan equivalent to that of commerc offset printer at a much redu� cost. A stand-alone computer, 1 printer and minor accessorie all the hardware necessary fJ) system. Building and facility upgra the education centre, a,- school yard drainage woo budgeted for $60,000 or ,000 in their budget is year to ntinue such prevention incen- ves. $20,000 for computers in school offices and libraries has also been allocated. Three secondary school offices have computer and two ele- mentary schools have been operat- ing for about six months as pilot sites, and five additional elemen- tary schools have recently acquired office computer equipment. Princi- pals in these schools have urged with unanimous support that, the board undertake to provide corn t- er equipment for all school offices as soon as possible and financially viable. The conversion from manual to electronic facilities in all the board's schools could take up to three years. A two-way radio system for bus- es has been discussed with bus contractors, township road offi- cials, bus drivers, and members of the parent community. The esti- mated capital cost will be $27,000. Maintenance and upgrading of the board's musical instrument invento- ry will cost $10,000 this year. $40,000 will be provided for technological studies in each of the five high schools. $11,500 had to be allocated to eliminate pupil fees for Industrial Arts and Family Studies in Grades 7 and 8. This is funding the board must provide, as it has been judged illegal to charge students for these courses. And pay equity was dealt with. $20,000 was forecast to be set aside for salary adjustments, but the board set aside only $10,000. Janu- ary 1 pay equity will become a le- gal reality in Ontario, and the board will have to catch up the other $10,000 in 1989. Duo in comedy at Blyth Theatre BLYTH - This summer's produc- tion of "Lucien" at the Blyth Festi- val will bring together the comedic talents of two of the theatre's fa- vourite company members: Ron Gabriel will play 'Lucien' himself, directed by Ted Johns. This dynam- ic duo was last seer) togcthcr in Tcd Johns' "Garrison's Garage" in which Ron played the hilarious 'Bert' while Ted was the incompar- able 'Garrison'. Tcd will also be re- membered by Festival audiences for his amazing one man tour de. force "The School Show", while Ron had audiences rolling in the aisles with his portrayals of 'Boomer' in "Country Hearts" and 'Butter' in "Blue City'. "Lucien", written by, Marshall Button, has been described by crit- ics as 'hilarious', 'funny, poignant, refreshing' and 'very entertaining'. One audience member was over- heard saying "Don't tell me to be quiet, lady. That's mc I'm laughing at"! Sct in a paper mill, the title character regales the audience with his (sometimes outrageous) opin- ions of subjects which vary from sex, marriage and birth control, to unions, religion and safety on the job! Button never dreamed that the summers he spent working in the mill in his home town of Dalhou- sic, New Brunswick, would pro- vide the raw material for a one-man play that would make people laugh right across Canada. Lucicn opens Wednesday, July 6 and runs in repertory to Saturday, September 10. To order tickets, call the Box -Office at (519) 523- 9300/9225 or write to the Festival at Box 10, Blyth, Ontario NOM 1HO. d Ise d ial ed �ascr arc r the Wing at Hell as k, was ginally but had to be reduced, and also cut back was concrete and as placement and painting $50,000. $30,000 was d from these projects to n fit the special projects but Drug and alcohol pre centives were provided b this year. The ADA was successful in schools in 1987 and halt re- lated at educted ike them get. cntion in- thc board program secondary board put NURSES' WASH - South Huron Hospital Nurses held a car wash at the Co -Op gas bar Saturday to help raise money for poster contests held during nurses' week. Nancy Hodgert, Marian Cornish, Joanne Wareham and Barb Stratton help wash Ralph Wareham's truck. Poster contest winners included Mandy Northover, John Gregus, Cathleen Chappel, Sarah Revington, and in the senior division Teresa Stir°, Hayley Snell, Sengsack Phannavong and Jennifer Van Bakal. HOT DOGS - Royal Bank manager Garry Baskett and employees Sandy Vyse and Leah Morgan were out in the cold wind Friday cooking hot dogs for the Children's Network Telethon. Customers paid $1.50 for a hot dog and a drink. The bank will' also accept donations at the Exeter branch tele- phone during the telethon for the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario June 4 and 5. To tender for new fire pumper EXETER - As thc result of two recent meetings, the Exeter and arca fire board has recommended that they immediately investigate the tendering for a new pumper , with or without trade-in and to in- vestigate the selling of the present. 1974 pumper. The decision was made after fire chief Gary Middleton and Reeve Bill Mickle reported on a used pumper which 'was available in Stratford. At the same meeting, chicf Mid- dleton, gave an overview of the March and April activity report for the department. 1 -Ie indicated fire- fighting hours were ahead of prcvi- ous years, but this was beyond his control. He hoped it would level off during the summer. The fire hall bay doors are to be painted, perhaps using student la- bour. The chief was instructed to close up the two rear bay windows, get a contractor to side over on the outside to.stop a leak on the inside to sec if grants are re -introduced. Discussion took place about de- veloping a policy in respect to safe- ty checking of vehicles. It was agreed that the chicf-proceed'to have the tanker safeticd after repairs are completed as well as getting the 1961 pumper certified. BRINGING CHRIST TO THE NATIONS You are invited to hear Reverend WaIIace.. Schulz • MASSED CHOIRS • PARADE OF NATIONS • HYMN SING • FREE ADMISSION •FREEWILL OFFERING •«�•�E,�•M•••�«�•��•.E• SUNDAY MAY 29,1988,3 PM AL!/MN/HALL UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA